The EU and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is obviously central to any discussion of European constitutionalism, but my focus will be on the European Convention on Human Rights (henceforth ECHR) and in particular on the European Court of Human Rights (henceforth the Court) set up to enforce this convention.

Over the years, the Council of Europe has worked in multiple manners to counter hate speech. The media and internet division’s work in this area is based on a “freedom of expression perspective” which focuses on co-operation with member states in preparing, assessing, reviewing and bringing in line with the European Convention on Human Rights any laws and practices that place Refugee Law and Policy: European Union Jan 29, 2016 Human rights | International Cooperation and Development Mar 25, 2020 European Court of Human Rights Re-affirms Right to Strike The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has issued, on 20 November, a key ruling in defence of the right to strike in the railway sector in a case concerning a train driver in Russia. Anatoly Ognevenko, a member of the Russian locomotive railway union RPLBZh, was dismissed from his job in Moscow on April 28 2008 after he participated in a one-day strike over wages. While the Russian courts

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is a regional human rights judicial body based in Strasbourg, France, created under the auspices of the Council of Europe. The Court began operating in 1959 and has delivered more than 10,000 judgments regarding alleged violations of the European Convention on Human Rights.

It is also one of the main rules applied by the European Court of Human Rights when interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) . There can be no doubt that the interpretation principles applied by the Court introduce an element of relativity to the ECHR. For example, the principle of reading the Convention as a ‘living INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW - OHCHR | Home ECtHR European Court of Human Rights EU European Union FRA European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights HRC Human Rights Committee ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural The protection of fundamental rights - European Parliament

If some analysts hold that human rights are innate, or stem from some divine power, most concepts of human rights derive from many sources, international law, treaties, custom, judgments of courts The EU and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is obviously central to any discussion of European constitutionalism, but my focus will be on the European Convention on Human Rights (henceforth ECHR) and in particular on the European Court of Human Rights (henceforth the Court) set up to enforce this convention. Regional courts decide upon key issues relating to how human rights conventions should be applied. For example, both the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights have made important judgments regarding the rights of victims of domestic violence to receive state protection when they are in urgent danger.